Ayutthaya Suspension Bridge Accident: Officials Failed To Act Quickly

[Payboy]

Can I have an interpretation of the Thai equivalent of the word Quickly

leo leo

But it's usually the opposite - Chang Chang.

[Locationthailand]

A year and a half old bridge breaks apart. It cost 80 million Baht to make.

But only 20 went into the bridge.

[theajarn]

I'm not surprised it took them THREE years to put up a crappy little bridge like that -- lots of pork-barrel and stuffing-of-pockets to be made in projects like that. I'm sure no one will be footing the bill for this one. After all, they're just tax-payers. Thailand only cares about these inconvenient little nuisances once every few years -- during voting season.

[animatic]

...Charupong was also told the 2.2-metre-wide, 110-metre-long bridge in Tambon Than Luang in Tha Reu district was built for Bt8.2 million, according to an Ayutthaya Public Works and Town and Country Planning Office plan. It was constructed by D Nice (2009) Co Ltd and completed on July 16, 2012....

It was constructed by D Nice (2009) Co Ltd and completed on July 16, 2012

Took them 3 years to build it...

It didn't last a year from completion....

FOLLOW THE MONEY....

"D Nice (2009) Co Ltd" is the name of the company, not the date construction started.

The date the company was created to do the job, which is just as or more suspect;

They picked a new sweetheart deal company and not one with a bridge building track record.

[animatic]

9 months old, with 4 repairs in the bag? Seems like the contractor who built it should be held accountable, but this is common practice in the Thai building arena. Use the shoddiest of materials, use laborers that know nothing of the skills they profess to be offering and that 8 million went into someone's pocket, knowing full well the result. How much of the infrastructure ( homes, commercial buildings, hi-rise buildings roads, bridges etc, are built this way? All of them.........actually!

Of course it's possible that the contractor cut corners or there was a deficiency in the design or construction, but any structure fails if loaded beyond its design parameters. A pickup truck (and you know how they overload those here) crossing a pedestrian suspension bridge is insane so I wouldn't automatically assume the contractor is at fault here.

If they didn't install entrance posts to PREVENT vehicles with too much load from entering, same thing.

[SantiSuk]

Farang complain about over-regulated societys in their home country.

Farang laud their new home for a free-and-easy approach to life. So good to have left all that $hit behind

Farang appaled when serious accident happens. Somebody should be blamed.

Amazing Farang